IUCN status: Vulnerable
EPBC Predator Threat Rating: Very high
IUCN claim: “The species is threatened by introduced predators, the Red Fox and feral Cat especially”
Foxes hunted 3 of 30 reintroduced, predator-inexperienced wallabies (Hayward et al. 2012).
Wallabies were last confirmed in the Western Division of NSW 10 years before, to 15 years after, foxes arrived (Current submission).
No studies were found evidencing a link between foxes and bridled
nail-tail wallaby populations. It cannot be verified that extirpation
occurred after fox arrival.
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions.
EPBC. (2015) Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Department of Environment, Government of Australia. (Table A1).
Fairfax, Dispersal of the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) across Australia. Biol. Invasions 21, 1259-1268 (2019).
Hayward, M.W., L’Hotellier, F., O’Connor, T., Ward-Fear, G., Cathcart, J., Cathcart, T., Sephens, J., Stephens, J., Herman, K. and Legge, S., 2012, January. Reintroduction of bridled nailtail wallabies beyond fences at Scotia Sanctuary-Phase 1. In Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Vol. 134).
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023